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COUINTTY of & - Takit.roßD. or,. form of the as advertised in the Staffordshire Paper of Saturday last, appearing to be 'oath irre,;ular and unprecederued, and ,t being my opi uion, tint under such Requfsivon a real ftleeting of the I.ceebolders cannot ne obtiincd, I; cu my part, enter my 'Prot - est against, and disavow any intention of attending a Meeting so conven Trentham, Nov. 4, 184 STAFFORD. MANIFESTO TO EUROPE. [ Though the following admirable Manifesto has been some weeks published, we cannot deny ourselves the pleasure of laying before our Readers a produttion t,o crniv,ntly worthy of universal attention.--1t is avowedly fr,,in the pen , of An ti:wit) Mord:,lla y Spotorno, of Carthagena.) • Eighteen years of horrors, calamities, proscrip tions, and enormities of every species, have been the bitter fruits of boasted liberty. A few selfish and immoral individuals, profaning the name of li berty, suhjecled to their fatal system the French Eta " tion, • who have become the viCtims of a blind cre a • dulity. Liberty exists not but where religion flou rishes, and man fulfils ;he high destinies for which. Ise has been created. LibertyM; i chis case ceases to he -a mere nominal eaiaqi i n4, l ,tut?,bacome a source of desolation. It is a 'sacfr,4- ) aelive, and Christian principle, that,raises Man .above all the calamities to which he is exposed, io consequence of the original transgression. Tutelary angel of '-he French em pire inspire me ! that I may give an impartial picture of tae hero who governs 'it, and describe what he is, and what Europe has to expe& of him. Let us cast a veil over the low pedigree, the pro . - blematical progenitors of Buonaparte, the desiroyer of all social order, and 'the bitterest enemy of the Christian name. Let us accompany him to Italy, invested with the .high dignity of Commander in Chief, which he acquired by the most criminal con descension. His arrival . was preceded by a Multi plicity of seditious publications, which were eagerly applauded by the unthinking populace, ever fond of novelty. • Tremble, fair Italy,' nebit 'fertile portion of Europe, chosen mansion of Cerei and Pomona! Napoleon comes to regenerate thee—under this pre , tence deposing thy Sovereigns, overturning thy laws, pillaging thy rich sanduaries, converting into deserts many of thy provinces, and plunging into ruin an hundred thousand' opulent families—his avarice sparing neither Rome, nor the Vicar of Jesus Christ —the Ministers of Religion persecuted, and left without offering or altar—the: Sacred .Virgin, Lamb's Bride, - ; but here let my pen stop, nor transmit the' horrid deed to posterity. Rejoice, Buonaparte, in beholding the efforts of ,your san guinary operations. Swiftly speed your course to Egypt. Plunder, massacre, and poison its peaceful inhabitants. At tire yourself as a Mussuhnan, more easily to deceive them. Indulge yourself in the exercise of the most atrocious despotism ; the avenging sword of the Su preme Being is yet suspended over yonihead. The sacrifice was not then consumed; - tbt'so it was de creed. The measure of yoUriniqtiliies was not, yet full. You had still many innocent beings to destroy, many loyal nations to overthrow. You fled from those burning regions, contaminated with your misdeeds, arrived in France, and presented yourself before the Diredory. You succeeded in in timidating them with false alarms, destroyed their executive power, dispersed the representative coun cils of national freedom, and was elevated by your fellow conspirators to the Consular dignity. Your ambinen was still unsatisfied. You aspired to de corate yourself with the perpetual Consulship, assert ing it to be the free gift of the nation over which you tpannize. It was your satellites and poigtiiards that procured for you a dishonourable majority. You had eserted yourself to destroy the founda tions of the British Constitution e huoyour perfidious instigations were listened to only in - a sthell comer of pacific Ireland. And what was the result ? Pros scriptious, desolation, and eternal hatred to your • name and race. With the :same infernal fury, the same perfidious policy, you proceeded to disunite anel dissever tlm antient and renowned- Ernpre - of Germany ; to abolish its laws, expel or corrupt its Electors, and to dissolve its august Legislative Assemblies, -whichen lighteeed and adorned so many corinnunities by 'the sanctity of their decrees. You now aspired to encircle your brow with the Imperial diadem. A small number of Frenchmen consented to your elevation to the Throne.. You were anointed by timidity and weakness. That au gust ceremony was condaded with a studied magni lscence, The most servile adulation decorated the scene. But you were proclaimed only by a petty herd of partisans; the majority of tht.Great Nation 4etested the whole of the transattion. Tyrant, how many tell victims to raw cruelty:, foreestchnining against so unparalleled an usurpatitnaiaede erselt the head of a fam44/4 . 0 , ),,ertn never happy, you resoissed o w false-your faro s zest) to the possession of crowns and sceptres. pureose,. all the resources of the blackest II V. tr.:: put in motion ; and wider the. specious !we ut I.4.•enciAlor of the Nations, and' by the se:lW! cut your arms, you usurped Irons the august in . posse,s 'the rights of many centuries, eite t kiiionoms ut their ancestors ; and compelled the pcop.e to pay obedience to men who were in ficitely distdut trolls any dein) to such 5:1te551011,, ilaVr' Naples, Milan, Florseice, Holland', so much • degenerated from that spirit ut Fuerty 01 which they were formerly so proud ? Are, r . }-4 to such a siiite of degri,dat.on, a 4 to •'.iicktidNte for So , vereigos men alike Oeßitn:e ' of. reii:ill?ri a . nLI every pritlc:ple of holiour and morality ? nzpids, Cosmos, Leopoldi, and Alcuirices, arise from the dead 1 Co..t a momentilly glaticsj over the na tions Whom ycra happy ; compare what they then %%ere voh what thq pow are, and descend again for ever to your tomb, ! Venetians, Pisaos, Ligarlaos, either the ac counts which we read of your achievements in de fence of liberty are apocrypll,ll, yr you Kaye so de snerated as to L- cotter un worthy of a place in the o.palogue of free ;tae.. A w.:lte frocnyour lethargy! 'What remains tor you to lose ? Descendants of the immortal Willi, inhabitants of the United State, of trerica ! peter was the union of every heart and hand among you so necessary as it the reent motnet,t, when Buonaparte, the Prince of DiscOrd, ti; declared enemy -ot your independ onoe; has sworn the destru6tion of every free people. Let'your personal and party quarrels cease ;, combine el your energies against the ccmnion enemy of. att.:. new hemisphere, and you Oil! selure the continuance of your prosperity. Austrians, neither the sanlity of oaths, nor pub lic faith, nor solemn treaties, have been capable of binding the ferocious Napoleon, who has sworn your ruin. He attacks and ravages your territories; he cornipts your Councils, and dida`es laws to you ;. he grants you a peace without any irfention of main taining it, while he makes you sub-lit to the most prodigal sacrifices as the price of a teivorary respite. Prussians, what has been the rest)t of your inac- Aivity and erroneous policy ? How "finch did you mis-calculate ? Buonaparte meant On'Y r tO. y.'./u to sleep, that he might the more eaSil's4hi"gate you. He has manifeSted his purposes,/6rltie de stroying your armies, stripping you o f., your pro vinces, shedding your blood in torrents, an& I t lking into a Power of the second order, that collt;,tial fa bric which it cost Frederick the Great so touch to ereet Russians keep your suspicions alive. Confide not in the Treaties which you have with' Treaties are never maintained by an Usurper. Euo naparte is solely occupied in planning the overthrow of every thing that stands in the way of his aggran dizement ; and _to accomplish this purpose, he calls 'forthall the abominable resources. of his Machia. Spaniards ! Such is the hero whO attempts to train ple upon the majesty of the Spanis'b Empire. This is the man, who, affeoting to bewail our existing coulition, pretends to ameliorate it by exhibiting on our august soil his brother Joseph, whO i , forsooth, .was to elevate us to that cousideretion which we. justly merit ! Great God ! Let all thy creatures praise thee ! We Spaniards, praise thee, 0 Lore in that thou bast converted the deadly poison into a corrobo rant antidote ! We have frustrated and given the fatal blow to his. destruct:ve policy. A long suffering, and, as he calls us, a barbarous nation, has blasted all his projeas. Wavering and irresolute, he knows not chow to att. He writhes under the torture of vexation ; therfritnes which he has conun'Ated agOst Ferdinand and the Infants, now • viewed in - their full extent, strike him with consternation ; and his heart, incapable of generous contrition, cannot sup port that remorse which incessantly preys upon it. Pure and royal blood of the most noble Goths, which has been transmitted to our Ferdinand, through an uninterrupted series of Kings, rejoice, that the Spa nish nation never has. acknowledged, nor ever will acknowledge,' any duminion but that which is - found.; ed in lawful authority. They have too quick a sense of honour to degrade themselves into subjeis of a Corsican Intruder. Godoy ! more perfidious than Count Don Julian of foimer times, you have inundated your country with a horde of monst e r s , who have re-acted withi n her territory all the horrors ofthe Palatinate. Tremble; your tyranny and treason are now near a tioal close. Do you thick that you will not have to expiate the spoliation of our property, and your numerous ads of treason, by shedding of your impure blood ? You are much mistaken if you flatter yourself that yoor perfidies will be forgotten. The spedade of so many rich and fertile provinces plundered, ravaged, and cruelly laid wage, will' never vanish from our sight. The turf covers the inanimate re mains of your fellow countrymen, who have fallen victims to your treachery ; but from their graves, they cry to heaven and earth for Vengeance, and they shall obtain it. The corrupt nation that now affords you an asylum, will in vindication of its own honour, strike the fatal blow which your perfidious ingratitude deserves, and your name will be branded with the execration of all posterity. Proud Albion ! genet - 0;s Island, impregnable bul wark of liberty, land of Freemen ! glory in being the only one among the nations that has stood' for ward with thy generous courage and int!incible squa drons, to hem in and destroy that despot whd grasps at universal dominion. Yes ! England, impartial Homers will hand down to posterity the tale of thy glorious achievements in defence of thy liberty. Buonaparte neither yourself nor your perform , ances can impose nob!) those ,who have narrowly watched yon. Your hit sling encomiasts and flatterers cannot mislead us by their sophisms. The creature of Robespierre, you o we d y our unworthy elevation to the reign of terror. :Yeu made your troops fire, upon the Parisians,' and this piece of iniquitorfs' treachery procured you the hand of the illustrious Mistress of Barras , --the first step in your ascent to the Sovereignty. The most profound hypocrisy, the most criminal, resources of despotism, are inees- .. santly employe.d to preserve your precarious istence. But the blood of such a Prince as Enghlen cries gut fide that of Abel against his murderer; At the moment of your greatest securiti, another Charlotte Corday will start up, and put an dnd to our calamities. A. legitimate Sovereign,' the ge , nerous friend -of his, people, lives in the midst 'of them, tranquil and happy; he presents himself to their view ; he adrnini`sters jiistice in Mercy ; he tote-' sees and prevents, or relieves the necessities of leis children; his subjects adore him, and Offer up Prayers for his happiness. But you, a prey to anxiety;: sus picion, and remoise, never taste repose ; and your people breathe nothing •but vows for' your speedy destruction. A general torpor, easily changed itito -- 1 implacable hatred, is the aitra' poputaris which at tends .) . our steps wherever you g o . T o tnat spright liness which mantled in their 'countenancesinhappier times has succeeded a rage and despair, ready to burst forth against yourself and your works. -Ad mirers a - 141 dependants of the -Great Napoleon, I have thus presented you with a slightaketch of his principles and 'his' condud; Let • us now examine' what benefit France has received sine% BoOnaparte usurped the reins of government. The augments- . Lion of her imposts levied by military execution; the decay of her agriculture,: the diminution of ber po pulation, the perpetual alienation of ecclesiastical property - favour 7 0i a small number of egotists, who, owe - their : fermi* , to the revolution, the sub- . version, t he dissolutiouof her venerable I-%trliaments, and the engrossing of ,her wealth into the hands of ,a..' small number-of venal partisans of the usurper.: Frenchmen ! .You were impatient under th'einitd away of the i In ersoetal-Lonis, who united in hisisatiretle person tile rights of the three glorious dynasties that, .preceded him—that Louis, who, when Dauphin of France was unhappy because his coach, in', pas sing along the road, did some damage to a field of corn, and expressed the pain which it gave hiin, in these memorable words—" This is not our property ; let the injury we have done be instantly paid for.'— Thta trait ol -huwanity tilled your begit3 with joy, 4 ff and in his person you promised yourselves a relt t in of the golden age. At his elevation to the throne, he gave you a proof of his paternal atketion, in nishing the expences of his Royal Household, in banding his guards, lightening your taxes, and con sulting your happiness; by every possible means and what was his reward ? Louis, a Kina, and the descendant of Kings, perished on the scaffold : but he stiii lives in the feeling heart of every good Frenchman and his good deeds and his inisfortunes w;11 occupy a distinguished situation in the temple of Fame. France ! your only stable Empire, consisting of, that honour, glory, and humanity, which heretofore were the inseparable attributes of the French name, have been annihilated by .a destruCtive anarchy.— Your sons, atauated by mistaken notions of liberty, which has no existence separate from religion, were involved in excesses which future generations Wi)l scarcely believe. You wished to be free, and the way you took to attain your objet was to deluge every part of the empire with blood. Amidst the blindness of your phrenzy, the most respeelable of your countrymen were brought to the _block. Ther extraordinary efforts which you made to secure yay4r, liberty have, by the most fatal contrast, made you , the captives and viEtims' of a Government the Most atrocious and sanguinary. Yes, Frenchmen, you were governed by a King, who, making honour the first of his virtues, ruled over you in mildness, and, at the expense of great personal sacrifices,' consulted your tranquillity and happiness. - You are now go verned by a despotic intruder, who has deprived you of all authority, despoiled you of your property, and bent your necks under his iron yoke. He spares - not means to gratify his cupidity ; he enriches with . your spoils aatnall number of his creatures; and to o you be leaves the inheritance of sorrow and despair' Frenchmen I sufThr yourselves to be undeceiV'egi c Your country can never be happy but by the re-ester blishinent. of , your old Government. Louis XVltta, is, by right of blood, your lawful Sovereign. A series of misfortunes, supported with honour, have perfeeted him in the art of knowing and governing men. He alone, and his Royal race, can restore you to that consideration which is justly due to the most illus trious and ancient Empire. in Europe. .Hasten to pay bitn that homage which from time immemorial constituted the delight of your loyal hearts. With zealous fidelity, banish all recellection of those aw l . lancholy which have•clishonoured you, and prove to Europe that you alone could operate so glo rious a revolution. Your existence and that of your children imperiously detrianda this of you. Soldiers ! your honour is implicated on this occasion. Members of the Senate, Legislators of France, if your breasts retain a single spark of patriotism, you will co-ope rate with the nation in so laudable a cause. Mini sters ot the altar, unite your efforts, an4impress upon the people that the Royal House of Barbel) onlycan make France happy. Louis' XVIII. trained in the career of honour, the constant charaaeristic of his progenitors, loves you with a paternal affection. Dis play your loyal sense of so much benevolence by pro claiming his august name. Perish the intruder, whoie elevation has been the Opprobrium both of Kings and people. The horror wherewith his despotism has inspired you, the national revenge which inflames your breasts, will wait for no other occasion to de clare itself than that of seeing him abandoned by fortune. In Spain, loyal Frenchmen, that fickle goddess has turned her back upon hitn.—We have taken up arms—we have unsheathed our swords in defence of our Country, our Religion, and our 'King Ferdinand VII. whose sacred person has been carried off from us by the most atrocious perfidy.— Imitate our example, and at the same time tread in the footsteps of your ancestors, who were even lavish of their blood in defence of their lawful So vereigns. Think of your Condes, Turennes, and Broglios. Let us shake off the yoke of the Op pressor, and we shall ensure an independent exist ence for ourselves, with the additional zest of its be"- ing perpetually re-produced by our offsprina. We' shall enjoy in peace the fruits of industry and com merce, cherished by that paternal government which is the obje& of our wishes, and which we have a right to expect from the virtues that adorn the sacred persons of Louis XVIII. and Ferdinand VII. our lawful Sovereigns. Tile impious and destructive family of Napoleon are already on the eve of exter- The Deity with outstretched arm suspends, O'er all the guilty race, .th' avenging sword.' - - The adorable, Providence had decreed its downfall. We are the instruments of his justice; let us obey his eternal decrees, and maguily the dispensations of an outraged God, who can never be offended, with impunity. Nations of Europe ! our-cause is your own. AO' of tis. have groaned .under the calamities, murders,. and devastations occasioned. by the ambition of a, mons►er, whc; aspired to universal monarchy: Let is direct our united efforts against Buonaparte, who seems to have been born, only for the destruai9n of the human race, and we shall be free. MAILS. A s sier v Waspierd. rGotteribtirgh, 2 Water. lord. THL I SUN. 10L1.1.4 QUI& DICIRL IAL3UM AUDIAT ? :.• L O.N D IV, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1808.. GOVEETOIENT yesterday received dispatches from St. Auklero"of a "very favourable nature : they are dated the 31st flit, The intrepid General BLAKE, who had advanced beyond'llilboa, had attacked the enemy ou the 26th, at a place 'called • Zernosa, situated on the' road to Durango, where -a sharp contest took place, which lasted but :a short 41 - the; but the edii4uet of the Spaniards was marked by , Such judgment, that the Enemy was obliged to retreat, and were considerably annoyed as they retired by the persevering attacks of the heroic Spaniards. BLAKE had. reached, Zernosa, and was preparing to snake a fresh attack upon the Enemy. It was thought when these Dispatches came away, that the enemy had resolved to defend Durangu, and ri lett.g FY;' f.frOo Wml4 rlsk e general for flint purr" , It 4 they might otherwise be reduced to great diflicultl' if obliged to retreat. Every thing was arranging by BLAKE, who had reconnoitred their positi° on the 27th, and was resolved to bring then] t 0 a general engagement as soon as possible. It W O9 reported that LEFEBVRII had received a reinforce' meat of about 8000 men from France, but not awl' From-the whole of these Dispatches we are inducel to look with confident expeaation for siVedY and happy accokints of Spanish successes. • We this morning received Dutch Papers down k 4 the 6th inst..andilionileurs to the 26th ult. An article From Venice of the 6th 061ober state' that the Russian ships of war which for some tinge have been lying in the Ports of Trieste.atid Veni ce "' are likely to winter in those,hzabours, and. that iQ the laity( place several persons have lately been or" i 1 rested al account of unguar(l , A etpresiions whi c hey madeuse et on certain political subjcas• The new Persian Ainba3sador in Constantino Pi. had, on the 30t13 Qr . L' ) -itigtist, his first audience of t he Grand Seignior. The new GrandViiiet has order&d4o,ootroO s ' ...*"fi ' 000 of whom are organize) and t ra ined in 1116 ... . . - .1 1 .European Manner, to march to tlieDanube.. Tile frtelial 'corps of Mar. , :hal Soura. has pat 1 ' t ierinni6tioiithe greatest - Part of it returns t° Tiiiill. ct Ofthet . iand ariny',.nu'Uther troopsreina ja Trii'Geimani, than the ceps of the Prince of Poll eOrvo; whieh'is to guard the coast of the Baltic, 3° that 'Of 'Marshal - DAvousT, - which is to keep poss e sion Of the Principalities of Fulda, •13ayreuth, a l. ' County of Harlan, Lanai], Scc.• • • TheEmperorkif Russia has already passed throug h Leipzi€, on his way to St. Petersburgh. / It is 1 1 e• ported that Swedish Pomerania is to be transfer ruw to the Duke of Mecklenburgh. ,The proposals for Peace agreed upon at the la' r °i the two Emperors, in Erfurth, form the general t° ' pics of conversation on, the Continent, and O i l persons who pretend to be well informed, 0 0erf ' that both Emperors have written letters on that sub s led to his ,Britannic Majesty, • An article from NapleS of 19th of Otiober Stat e* C th . at the Commander of the English troops ill G 54 ' f 'pre'l'i`,64 capitulated. The conditions are said t° be ' that the English troops are to be prisoners of War Iln' till they shall be regularly exchanged, and thot they are to be immediately conveyed to England. At the Imperial Meeting in Erfurth, one o ili r i , five hundred thousand rix dollars (about 250)° 1) c u tion a. , sterling) are said to have been' thrown into IA- - tion in that town and its environs. The tW° • ct :; perors paid each for their apart men t s 5o L,ouis" c r a. a day, Bel" Several German arthite& have arrived in The io' " 1 grade,Ao repair a great part of th at town. M.- 0 Ittbitanttiekm to he aware of the fate which aw °l Servia.' ; . - , state An article from Hamburg!) of the .2 Ist ult. 9 '- that . the two EMperors, b e f o r e th e i r departure from ErtUrth, 'signal a new I tea ty of Amity and _Allia nce ; The .corps of 'Frepeh grenadiers, commanded by General OUDINOT, the 14th ult. was expeOe d e n Dresden, on their way to France. Erfurth is to b of incorporated with the„dominions of:the Dui° , • Weimar,- „ iv ory CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 27,—1n. 0 3- l ag of man we have not enjoyed . so great tranqu lllUl tho at present reigns here ; we are indebted f o r ft t° Grand Vizier MUSTAPHA 'BAIRACTAR, W h° 119 , 29 with a firm hand the reigns of government. He _enjoined all the Pachas to punanalfY execale.iiis yr ders, for thegood - and surety of the ' Ottoman 0:13; Ore, and has given them tU o understand that ,vallty fail lottiti they may expeet the most levee P; AM:4OW He is- principally occupied in makiiig f o t Janissaries submit to proper di sc ipli ne , who,many ages, as well as lat e ly, wou ld .arroggt°0 tv 0 themselves the right of deposing the'SuJtans. least instabordinalion,..the. .s ,_slight . criuso °ll : o3 y punished with death ; but they receive tlieir upon the exa:L day fixed. , . • ' The C3AAND ' int l b° VIZIER is firmly resolved to r fOf ,NPRl9 . ,affy,,,,as soon as possible; upon* the same hit ing as these of NIZAM GEDIMD. knoir fr this corps has been raised and exercised after tio te European manner, and that it cost the unfortil le SELtat throne and life fur having formed it' 'r ill GRAND SEIGNIOR has the greatest confidence ti .I‘I,I,ISTAPHA BAIRACTAW, who has placed hinl the throne. of The Pachas of the Provinces obey the or der 6 the GRAND VIZIER, because they know the a— iv itY i. and firmness of his ch t araeter. The pOlitical c°°.ll r derations between the Porte and Russia are still, the same state. We only know that the 11°551:0 army in Moldavia and Wallachia have received S. reinforcements...—(Moniteur, Oct. 22.) , Tsui Speech of BUONAPARTE to the Leg'' lg f t : Body, and its Answer, which we have Pre seilte- of our Readers, while they mite the indiguati°